Author
Vaṣṣāf al-Ḥaz̤rat, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh, 1264 or 1265-1329?. Wasaf Al-Hadra, Abdullah bin Fadlallah.
Author Original
وصاف الحضرة، عبد الله بن فضل الله
Publication Date
1314
Publication Place
Tabriz? -
Dār al-Ṭibāʻah li-Ḥājjī Aḥmad Aqā
Subject
Ilkhanid dynasty > History > Early works to 1800. Mongols > Iran > History > Early works to 1800. Iran > History > 640-1500 > Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
303
Physical Dimensions
303 p. (152 leaves) ; 240 x 165 (180 x 95) mm.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
ht006837726
Library Location
Online
Date
1314
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 902 Origin: As appears in colophon on p.303, transcription executed by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Riz̤ā-yi Muz̲ahhib 9 Dhu al-Ḥijjah 1314 [ca. 11 May 1897] for the publishing house of Ḥājjī Aḥmad Aqā with correction supplied by Muḥammad Kāẓim. Accompanying materials: a. Page from Otto Harrassowitz Bücher-Katalog Nr. 352, 1912, "Neupersische Literature," with description of this item marked, reads "1821 Wassâf. Taʼrikh. Täbris 1314. Lex. 8o. Ldrbd. 303 pg. Lithographie. Ethé 359. Mit ausführlichem Rand- und Interlinear-Kommentar." -- b. Card with notes in pencil, "Lithographed text, not MS. | (most lithographed texts are Indian/per Emile Savage-Smith)" -- c. Slip of paper "Persian Manuscripts [crossed out, then in pencil] lithographed text (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith- Owens notes" -- d. Slip of paper with inscription in black ink reading "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (transcribed in handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993). Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 51 Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in wove paper (lower board lining tinted lavender) ; sewn in dark brown thread, two stations, failing at opening of codex ; overall in fairly good condition with some negative draw in covers. Support: Wove paper, light brown in color. Layout: Mainly in 17 lines per page ; exemplar frame-ruled ; marginal glosses arranged in various geometrical shapes. Collation: 19 IV (152) ; exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present (on both verso and recto of each leaf) ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals. Colophon: "Scribal", triangular form, in Arabic, reads: "وقد تم المجلد الاول من تاريخ الوصاف المسمى بتجزية الامصار على يد اقل العباد عملا و اكثرهم زللا محمد بن محمد رضاي مذهب المرحوم التبريزي الاصل والمسكن في دار الطباعة للمخدوم المعظم فخر الحجاج [؟] والمعتمرين حاجي احمد اقا غفر الله لهما ولوالديهما بحق النبي والولي واولادهما المكرمين صلوات الله وسلامه عليهم اجمعين في يوم الاربعاء تاسع شهر ذي الحجة الحرام سنة 1314 وقد امعن النظر في تصحيحه بتوفيق الله ومنه العبد الاثم محمد كاظم عفي عنه" Lithographed. Title from colophon.
Sample Text
Lithographed copy of the first volume of Vaṣṣāf's Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī's (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Includes an abundance of marginal and interlinear glosses transferred from the exemplar.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Ḥājjī Aḥmad Aqā, fl. 1897, publisher. حاجى احمد اقا, ناشر. Muḥammad Kāẓim, fl. 1897, corrector. محمد كاظم, مصحح. Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Riz̤ā-yi Muz̲ahhib, fl. 1897, scribe. محمد بن محمد رضاى مذهب, ناسخ.
İçinde
F. E. Nuttall Collection.
Köken
Inscription in pencil on 'title page' "Waṣṣâf. Taʼrikh. Täbris 1314." ; inscription in pencil on final page "11 Vole [?]" ; stamped by University of Michigan Library.
Kaynaklar
Pfeiffer, Judith. "'A turgid history of the Mongol empire in Persia:' espistimological reflections concerning a critical edition of Vaṣṣāf's Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār." In Theoretical approaches to the transmission and edition of Oriental manuscripts. Proceedings of a symposium held in Istanbul, March 28-30, 2001, Eds. Judith Pfeiffer and Manfred Kropp (Beirut: Ergon verlag Würzburg in Kommission, 2007): 107-123.
Tekdüzen Başlık
Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār. mujallad 1 تجزية الامصار وتزجية الاعصار. مجلد 1
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194784252